Brian Norman Sr. says promoter Eddie Hearn doesn’t care about Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and is “questioning” his talent after his lackluster performance against Karen Chukhadzhian on November 9th.
Norman Sr. states that Hearn doesn’t want Boots to fight Vergil Ortiz Jr. because he doesn’t want to see him lose to one of Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya’s fighters. Brian Sr. says he thinks Hearn told His Excellency Turki Alalshikh to send a contract with 147 as the weight for the Boots fight, knowing that Vergil Jr. would refuse. That would make him and De La Hoya look bad, as if they’re ducking Boots (33-0, 29 KOs).
That move would serve two purposes:
- Ennis would be avoiding a near-certain loss to Vergil
- Making Boots look feared
IBF Title “Excuse”
Norman Sr. points out that comments that Hearn made about Ennis worried about having to vacate his IBF welterweight title if he moves up to challenge Ortiz Jr. for…
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